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imitative harmonies

imitative harmonies is the plural of imitative harmony.

Meaning of imitative harmony

Noun

imitative harmony (plural imitative harmonies)

  1. Onomatopoeia.
    • Primitive languages being founded on the direct imitation of natural sounds, necessarily abound in imitative harmony.1869, J. G. Hincks, “The Process of Derivation of the Spanish Language from the Latin”, in Anthropological Review, volume 7, number 25, page 158

Questions about imitative harmonies

What is imitative harmonies the plural of?
Imitative harmonies is the plural of imitative harmony.

Words near imitative harmonies in the dictionary

  1. imitationism
  2. imitationist
  3. imitationists
  4. imitations
  5. imitative
  6. imitative harmonies
  7. imitative harmony
  8. imitative magic
  9. imitatively
  10. imitativeness
  11. imitativity

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